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He said: “It’s the United Kingdom who have got us into this mess in the first place.

“The referendum was not of our making, we never asked for a referendum – we had the referendum and 96 per cent of people voted to remain within the European Union.”

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He said that Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy would try and "take advantage" of Gibraltar

He added: “The United Kingdom overall voted to leave, now the United Kingdom Government has a political, moral responsibility towards Gibraltar and what it cannot do now is to skirt around this particular issue.

“It has got to be strong now. If it is not strong now the Spaniards will take advantage of this situation.

“If you give the Spanish government an inch they will take a mile, we’ve seen it in the past and therefore this is the first test and the UK Government has got to be resolute.”